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Arabian Nights: Sex in Arabia

In our new Arabian Nights series, we'll explore the inner life of the Islamist male and try to find out if there is any connection between the peculiarities of sex in radical Islam, and the tendency of its adherents to blow themselves up. Exhibit A: Saudi Sheik Muhammad Al-Munajid dispenses marital advice: "According to Islam, a wife needs to comply with her husband's desires in bed. The Prophet Muhammad said: "If a man calls his wife to fulfill his needs, she must come, even if she is by the stove"". The Sheik also notes with some dismay that the system is a bit different in the West, and not only because of electric stoves: "The wife in the West is not obligated to [obey her husband's desire for sex...] They claim that if [her husband] has sex with her against her will - this is rape! They consider this rape. They claim she must be willing. They claim that she must want it."" Truly, Western women must seem rather uppity to your average Saudi male. Click to watch the video.

September 2007

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